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This week, I am off on a writing assignment like I have never had before. I have accepted an invitation to travel to two refugee camps in South Sudan with Samaritan's Purse, a charity probably best known for encouraging ordinary Canadians to ...

I'm certain that it is unprofessional to break down and start crying during an interview for a magazine story — especially when you're the one doing the interviewing. But that's what I did near the end of a gruelling hour-and a-half long ...

Recently, an Indigo flyer caught my eye, and then my scissors. It came for Mother's Day and was an advertisement for the books Mom would love. But what I loved was its collection of quotes about books and writers. Quotes that I ...

The column Bible Study Gone Bad can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column.

The column Turning middle-age is a chance to look inside oneself can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full article. "So, maybe I’m not going to be a rock star after all. Or sit on a ...

The column God tends not to communicate with me in direct ways can be found at the United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column. "Our bed, which I had just made, was stripped bare of all linens, which were ...

The column The very best years are not behind us can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the full column. "As it turns out, all the little old ladies were right. When my kids were really young ...

The column Protecting our kids can be found at The United Church Observer. Click here to read the column. "I recently spent several weeks researching a story on prostitution in Canada. It left me sleepless — and almost speechless. One of the first ...

The article Connection Reflection can be found at Childview (World Vision). Click here to read the article. "It’s funny to watch the video of my son careening through the forest with his friends. Their mini-movie includes arrests, shocking escapes, and what I ...

The article Eat (barely), Pray, Love can be found at Childview (World Vision). Click here to read the full article. "I decided that one way we could learn what it’s like to live with a food shortage—without having a riot on my ...

The article Social media activism can be found in Childview (World Vision). Click here to read the full article. "The first time I saw Shawna Howson on YouTube I realized I was witnessing a new frontier in social activism. Howson is an ...

The article So, how was your trip? can be found at The United Church Observer. How to share your life-changing travel tales without boring your listeners. Click here to read the article. "I still remember with a pang when my generally easygoing ...